- - - - - - Dmitri Yevstifeev - - - - - - Violist, Multi-Instrumentalist

Dmitri Yevstifeev is a Los Angeles based violist, chamber musician, recording artist and composer. Classically trained from the age of five on violin, Dmitri made the switch to viola at 14, after which he studied viola performance at several music conservatories including Cleveland Institute of Music under Jeffrey Irvine, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins under Victoria Chiang, and the Colburn School under Paul Coletti. While at school and attending festivals, Dmitri had the great fortune to study string quartet playing with some of the greatest chamber musicians in the world such as members of the Juiliard, Guarneri, Orion, Ebene, Cavani, Tokyo, Ying, St. Lawrence, Alban Berg, and Cleveland string quartets. In addition to his classical education and experience, Dmitri explores many other genres of music such as pop, jazz, gypsy jazz, Persian, and traditional American, Irish, and European folk music. A passionate explorer of music, Dmitri plays many other instruments besides just viola and violin, having taught himself to play guitar, mandolin, banjo, and hammered dulcimer. Drawing insight from all these sources, Dmitri’s music, technique, and mindset are stylistically flexible and diverse. In another facet of his musical life, Dmitri is an amateur bowmaker and aspires to make his own violins, violas and bows as a luthier/archetier.

About Dmitri:

Dmitri plays many instruments, and has experience playing many styles of music. In addition to his performing, Dmitri composes, arranges, and performs his own music and is in the process of recording/ arranging several different musical projects, with roots in Classical, traditional folk, and jazz genres. Any completed projects and works in progress will be posted here.

Dmitri has 20+ years of experience playing viola and violin, in a wide variety of professional settings and genres including but not limited to:

Recording sessions for tv shows, movies, recording artists, and podcasts around the Los Angeles area and beyond:
- Planet Earth II, Netflix’ Chefs Table, Judith Hill (album recording), Paula Poundstone (podcast), Terror on the Prairie
Live performances, Tours with various musical groups:
- Opening night of the Summer Concert Series at the Skirball Center of Los Angeles with Mamak Khadem, 2022
- Violist at Lincoln Center Stage performing in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, 2018-2022
- 20 city tour of China with classical/jazz fusion group Iridas, 2019
- Performance of Schubert’s String Quartet no. 14 with choreography performed with the American Contemporary Ballet, 2019